Remove Last Comma from a string

Question

Using JavaScript, how can I remove the last comma, but only if the comma is the last character or if there is only white space after the comma? This is my code. I got a wor

Answer 1

you can remove last comma from a string by using slice() method, find the below example:

var strVal = $.trim($('.txtValue').val());
var lastChar = strVal.slice(-1);
if (lastChar == ',') {
    strVal = strVal.slice(0, -1);
}

Here is an Example

function myFunction() {
	var strVal = $.trim($('.txtValue').text());
	var lastChar = strVal.slice(-1);
	if (lastChar == ',') { // check last character is string
		strVal = strVal.slice(0, -1); // trim last character
		$("#demo").text(strVal);
	}
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>


<p class="txtValue">Striing with Commma,</p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

Answer 2

In case its useful or a better way:

str = str.replace(/(\s*,?\s*)*$/, "");

It will replace all following combination end of the string:

1. ,<no space>
2. ,<spaces> 
3. ,  ,  , ,   ,
4. <spaces>
5. <spaces>,
6. <spaces>,<spaces>

Answer 3

This will remove the last comma and any whitespace after it:

str = str.replace(/,\s*$/, "");

It uses a regular expression:

• The / mark the beginning and end of the regular expression

• The , matches the comma

• The \s means whitespace characters (space, tab, etc) and the * means 0 or more

• The $ at the end signifies the end of the string

Answer 4

First, one should check if the last character is a comma. If it exists, remove it.

if (str.indexOf(',', this.length - ','.length) !== -1) {
    str = str.substring(0, str.length - 1);
}

NOTE str.indexOf(',', this.length - ','.length) can be simplified to str.indexOf(',', this.length - 1)